FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (22): 81-84.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201122017

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Color Protection of Walnut Kernel Pellicle

CHEN Xi,PAN Xiao-qi,WANG Gao-jie,ZHANG Ji-bai,WANG Zeng-li*   

  1. (College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China)
  • Online:2011-11-25 Published:2011-11-11

Abstract: The protective effects of 6 color protection agents against the browning of walnut kernel pellicle were compared, and the individual and combined effects of the selected color protection agents citric acid, EDTA-2Na and CaCl2 on inhibiting the browning of walnut kernel pellicle were further studied using one-factor-at-a-time method combined with an L9(34) orthogonal array design to find out the best combination of color protection agents. The results showed that 1.0 g/L citric acid + 6.5 g/L EDTA-2Na + 25.0 g/L CaCl2 had the best protective effect on the color of walnut kernel pellicle. Citric acid improved the color of walnut kernel pellicle most significantly, followed sequentially by EDTA-2Na and CaCl2. The results of SPSS analysis indicated that citric acid and EDTA-2Na had a significant effect on color protection of walnut kernel pellicle while the effect of CaCl2 was not statistically significant.

Key words: walnut kernel, browning, color protection

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